The Blog

This will be my last post on this blog. Not because I do not like writing in it, but because it was an English assignment, and I will probably not revisit this site to update anything.
Although this is it, I have enjoyed writing these little asides about my life, things that errk me, and such. I would see writing this blog as a positive in two ways. First, it takes place of a required writing paper for the class, which I do not necessarily enjoy. Second, I learned somethings about myself while writing them down. One is that no matter how much I may refute it my mother was right, I am a procrastinator, a big one. I mean look at the time stamp on my last two entries, both on the last day before the blog assignment is due in class. This is not a good trait, but it is one i have had my whole life, hopefully I will be able to become less of a procrastinator in the future. Second, I learned that I hope a lot. Just in the last sentence I said "hopefully". I don't know if this is a good thing or not, but hopefully I will get an 'A' on this assignment. Third, is I enjoy throwing my thoughts together in a paper where I can just express something. Having to write a paper from a prompt is not my cup of tea, where as in a blog you can pretty much write about what ever you want, and it is relatively easy to come up with an idea.
So overall I enjoyed writing this blog, learned some things about myself, and hopefully increased my grade in English, but as I stated before, I will probably not continue; unless of course someone notifies me that their life hinges upon my next blog, then I might consider sparing them . . . maybe.

Breaks

For the first time I think I had a good break. This thanksgiving break was as long as my break for Christmas in high school, and I did not do anything really special, but it seemed like it lasted just the right amount of time.
I don't know how other people feel but I usually feel that breaks slip bye like sand through your fingers, and by the time it has started it's already over. Whether it is from school or work, it always seems to rush bye.
This is how it was for me in elementary school, high school, and my summer in between high school and college. I was always trying to make the time go bye more slowly, a couple times I even stared at my clock on the wall hoping it would make time pass more slowly.
I don't know really what was different this time. I was able to relax, and even though I had something due when going back to school, it still seemed to me that I was at home for a while. I used to think that it was because of having things due over breaks that they slipped bye so fast, but now I think that it is just how you look at it.
Maybe it is because I have been away from my family for some time, but I enjoyed my most recent break, and felt refreshed when I returned to school.
Hopefully when Christmas break comes around it will be the same, I do not know exactly what made this break so good, but I plan to view each break from now on the same, and make the most of them. Hopefully I'll feel this way every time I return to school.

The Perfect Sentence.

Just do it.

Consice, makes sence, and great words to live by. No wonder the company that came up with it makes millions on selling shoes.

Smoking

What is up with smoking? I have never tried it, nor will I for 2 simple reasons. One, it kills you, and two, it irritates the hell out of people around you. I was just walking to class and a man puffing on a cigarette turned off a side street right in front of me. He was blowing smoke right in my face. I ended up walking off course a bit, just to get out of the smoke. I understand that it is addicting, but I'm not sure what people like more, death, or causing others grief.

IT WILL KILL YOU!

I don't think there is anything on God's green earth that is worth doing when the manufacture tells you "Feed us money, and we will kill you."(unless you are suicidal, but then you have other problems) If you want to go suck in fifty things that will kill you stick your face in front of your car exhaust, at least then you're only causing global warming.

Audience

When you write a paper you must consider many things. One of the most important being your audience. I have thought long and hard about a topic, and when I finally picked marriage, I found myself at an impass; I could not determine a suitable audience. After some debate I have determined to focus my audience as engaged couples. My reason for doing so is that they are who will essentially shape the future definition of marriage. They will either support (hopefully) or refute the claims made in my paper. Hopefully by choosing to write directly to the individuals that will determine the definition themselves, my paper will flow very easily, and establish a good footing from the start.

Writing a Paper

When I write a paper for English class, any English class, I never really follow any certain script. To tell you the truth I write my papers on a spur of the moment. I procrastinate more than most college students and therefore I usually wait until the last minute to type out a paper.
When I do actually start it I am usually sitting at my desk with the prompt. I answer the question first in my head, and then take a few mental notes as to how I want to go about answering the question at hand. I usually come to a block here, because when I answer the question to myself I always have a hard time inturperreting into english words other people will understand. So I end up typing a whole paragraph just off the top of my head. I go back and reread it once or twice, and then either fix it so it makes sense, or just dump the whole paragraph. I end up doing this about 3 times before I get a reasonable introduction. Then I go from there. After presenting the problem, depending on how long the paper has to be, I attempt to translate my thinkning onto the paper.
If I do anything else besides concentrate on the paper I stop writng. I get so easily distracted with anything that it is hard for me to talk to someone else. Having an IM conversation is completely out of the question, and if my phone rings I'm even more screwed.
I do however listen to music as I write. I feel it allows me to write more freely, as I think less about what I am actually putting on the paper. As a rough draft, I usually just have my thoughts written down as they flow out of my head. Then I go back and reread, using spell check.
I am terrible at grammar and spelling (you may have already caught a bunch of spelling errors here) and if I can not use spell check as a crutch, fifty percent of the words in my paper could be misspelled.
For me I have no joy in writing papers in which a topic has been asigned. It seems very chaotic for me, and it is not something I enjoy.

Motorcycles

Motorcycles are dangerous. This is a known fact among everyone, even the people that ride them. I understand this fact and want to buy one. Yet my parents are pushing me away from the idea of buying one. I understand that they are afraid of what could happen to me if I get into an accident, yet that is a risk I am willing to take. This has been my stance for the last year or so. Recently I have changed it for two reasons. One, my parents are usually right about 99% of the things I argue with them about. And 2 is something my father told me the last time I was on vacation from college. He said that he was not willing to pay any of the loans he would incur if I get hurt in an accident. I see his point. It is not really my own life that i could possibly ruin, but my friends and family as well. Do I have the right to possibly put my families future on the line because I want to have fun? My parents do not think so. I agree with this and while I still want a motorcycle, I do not foresee myself buying one anytime soon.